vintage umpire ball/strike scorer
I have been offered a vintage Spalding ball/strike indicator. It has the Spalding logo on the back. Patent dates 1878 and Oct. 12, 1886. It is a 5 ball 4 strike model. Unfortunately, a previous owner converted it to the newfangled 4 ball and 3 strike rule by scraping the ink out of the 4 on the strike side and gouging out the 5 on the ball side leaving a divot where the number used to be. I'd like to have this but have no clue as to what it is worth in this condition. Any opinions? I'll try to post a picture later.
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